Maungdaw, 17th June 03: "Two country directors from Aide Medical International (international medical aid), came calling at Maungdaw, the western Burmese town in Rakhine State, according to our correspondent. The two NGO officials came to the town on the Bangladesh Burma border to check the feasibility of opening up a new branch of the NGO in the border township where recently the repatriation of Muslim Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh has been stepped up. AMI is a French NGO working in Rangoon and the Thai-Burma border, giving medical assistance to the returning refugees..."